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Fritz Sauckel

German Nazi politician and convicted war criminal (1894-1946)

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Appointed by: Adolf Hitler
Preceded by: Position created
Succeeded by: Position abolished
Prime minister: Willy Marschler
1935 1937: Acting Reichsstatthalter of the Free State of Anhalt
1933 1945: Member of the Greater German Reichstag
1929 1934: Member of the Landtag of Thuringia
Born: ( 1894-10-27 ) 27 October 1894, Haßfurt , Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire
Died: 16 October 1946 (1946-10-16) (aged 51), Nuremberg Prison , Bavaria, Allied-occupied Germany
Cause of death: Execution by hanging
Party: Nazi Party
Spouse: Elisabeth Wetzel
Occupation: Merchant sailor

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Ernst Friedrich Christoph Sauckel (27 October 1894 – 16 October 1946) was a German Nazi politician and convicted war criminal. As General Plenipotentiary for Labour Deployment (Arbeitseinsatz) from March 1942 until the end of the Second World War, he oversaw the mobilization of forced labour for the benefit of the German war effort.

Born in Haßfurt in Bavaria, Sauckel worked as a seaman from a young age. During the First World War, he was interned in France as an enemy alien. He joined the Nazi Party in 1923 and established himself as a leading party organiser in Thuringia. He was appointed Gauleiter of Thuringia in 1927 and, following Hitler's appointment as chancellor, Reichsstatthalter in 1933; he would retain both positions until the end of the Nazi regime.